- Jiang Jinyue, a sophomore from Sichuan Province, was at home when a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Luding County in the province on September 5.
- September’s earthquake occurred where the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Sichuan Basin meet; the steep-sloped mountains, deep valleys and canyons make it a high seismic hazard zone.
- Wenchuan is located some 300 km from Luding, but the two earthquakes differed from one another in terms of fault zones and motion patterns.
A ruthless earthquake and heartwarming people in Sichuan
